Forecourt Railings, Gates and Guardhouses to Horseguards is a Grade I listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A Georgian Guardhouse, railings, gates. 99 related planning applications.
Forecourt Railings, Gates and Guardhouses to Horseguards
- WRENN ID
- secret-cloister-cedar
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Guardhouse, railings, gates
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Forecourt Railings, Gates and Guardhouses to Horseguards, Whitehall Sw1, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 301 801
- Coordinates
- 51.5049, -0.12676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt railings, gates, and guardhouses to Horse Guards were built around 1750-1760 and are part of the overall design by Kent, executed by Vardy and Robinson. They are made of Portland stone and wrought iron. The tall railings feature clustered spike gate piers and gates, which are flanked by two stone pavilions that serve as mounted guardhouses, each with large semicircular archways.
Local climate
Forecourt Railings, Gates and Guardhouses to Horseguards sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 99 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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